I love vellum paper! It can be tricky to run through the inkjet printer, but with a few tricks you can make a night light box using any photo.
I found the box and the LED tea lights at Dollar Tree and already had the image of a vintage Seaside, Oregon postcard scanned into my computer. The trick using vellum is to double stick tape it to some card stock. That makes the vellum stiff enough to go through the inkjet printer without bunching. Another tip: handle the print carefully because it takes about 3 minutes to fully dry.
Discard the box lid and cut the vellum image so 1/2 inch of the clear paper is left on each side to fold over the side of the box. Hot glue the vellum sides and cover with ribbon or scrapbooking paper.
Night Light Box
I punched a hole in the back of the box and hot glued a LED tea light so the light bulb shines where the sunset is happening by Tillamook Head. The vintage image looks very romantic with the soft light.
The night light box cost $3.00 to make! The light box can have a wintery Christmas scene, a romantic sunset selfie, the sky is the limit!
What a cool and pretty idea.. I love it!!! how fun!
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thanks, these sell pretty good at Christmas bazaars. I make vellum printouts of fireplace scenes that are on Christmas Cards.
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How pretty!!!! I can well imagine that they do.
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I added a pic to the blog post of the back if you want to check it out : )
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This would be a fun one to try! 😀
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cool, if you make one send me a pic and I will post it!
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Is the tea light attached to the stand?
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No I poked a hole in the back of the box and hot glued the tea light to the back so you can still change the batteries, just the bulb is poking through the hole in the box. I should take a photo of the back and post it on the blog so folks can see.
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